Sneak pictures of Renault’s first global pick-up, the Alaskan, have leaked onto the internet ahead of its official release – and it looks a lot like the one-ton Alaskan concept already previewed, with 21in wheels, LED lighting and satin paint.

It will be built alongside versions from Nissan and Mercedes-Benz, although the German version won’t arrive before 2020.

Though it’s nominally a commercial vehicle, Renault is aware of the size of the private leisure-focused market. The five-seat cabin is said to have high-quality materials and could have many or all of the Alaskan concept’s options such as a door mirror camera for filming the passing landscape.

It’s understood that the concept’s 163bhp 2.3-litre 163hp twin-turbo diesel (from the Master van, in which it delivers a claimed combined economy figure of 40.4mpg) will power the Alaskan production model.

Speaking to Autocar , said: "As a design challenge, I Ioved it,” said Renault design boss Laurens van den Acker at last year’s reveal of the Alaskan concept. “You can imagine the reaction in the design studio every time we pulled the covers off it. A large French pick-up is unheard of.

"To design something with no history behind it, with nothing to lose and with every potential customer a conquest was a joy."